Hybrid control strategy for the autonomous transition flight of a fixed-wing aircraft

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2194-2211

  Casau, Pedro ^a   Cabecinhas, David ^a   Silvestre, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Aerospace applications; hybrid automata; nonlinear control; unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); vertical take off and landing (VTOL) vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS TRANSITIONS; HYBRID AUTOMATONS; HYBRID CONTROL STRATEGIES; INPUT TO STATE STABLE; LINEAR PARAMETER-VARYING CONTROL TECHNIQUES; NON LINEAR CONTROL; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS); VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AUTOMATA THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROLLERS; FIXED WINGS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84887083641     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2012.2221091     Document Type: Article

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